Institute of Law

Yuliia Ryzhuk

Department:Department of Public and International Law
Position:Professor; Advisor on Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Inclusion
Teacher degree:associate professor
Degree:candidate of law sciences
Teaching Experience:23

Education

  • 1997 – 2001 – Kyiv National Economic University, Faculty of Law, specialization «Law», Bachelor's degree in Law (KV № 15687242)
  • 2001 – 2002 – Kyiv National Economic University, Faculty of Law, specialization «Jurisprudence», Master's degree in Legal Regulation of Economy (KV № 18487602)
  • Academic degree – Candidate of Law; dissertation on the topic: «Constitutional and legal foundations of economic rights and freedoms of man and citizen in Ukraine» (specialty 12.00.02 - constitutional law; municipal law) defended on 07.02.2012 in the specialized academic council K 26.006.05 at the State Higher Educational Institution «Kyiv National Economic University» (diploma DK № 004937 dated 17.05.2012)
  • Academic title – associate professor at the Department of Theory and History of State and Law (diploma 12DC № 044794 dated 15.12.2015)

Work experience

Since 2002 she has been working at the KNEU named after V. Hetman

  • 2024 – present – Professor of the Department of Public and International Law
  • 2024 – present – Advisor on Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Inclusion
  • 2022 – present – Secretary of the Academic Council of the Law Institute
  • 2022 – 2024 – Professor of the Department of Theoretical Jurisprudence
  • 2017 – 2024 – Lecturer in Law and Civic Education, Professional College of Information Systems and Technologies of the V. Hetman Kyiv National University
  • 2020 – 2022 – Professor of the Department of Constitutional and Criminal Law, Deputy Head of the Department
  • 2017 – 2020 – Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, Deputy Head of the Department
  • 2012 – 2017 – Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law
  • 2007 – 2017 – Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law for Educational Work
  • 2007 – 2012 – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Theory and History of State
  • 2002 – 2007 – Assistant Professor of the Department of Law
  • 2001 – 2002 – Leading Specialist of the Legal Department of the Department of Legal Support and Property Reform, State Committee for Communications and Informatization of Ukraine

2024 – present – member of member of the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association «JurFem»

2022 – present – Co-founder and member of the public organization «Association of Civic Education Teachers»

2021 – present – Expert of the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education, specialty «Law»

2020 – to the present day – Head of the project team (guarantor) of the educational and professional programme at the first (bachelor's level) «Law of Public and Political Activities», specialty D 8 Law


Awards and Honorary titles

  • Gratitude of the command of the 72nd Guards Mechanized Division named after Chornykh Zaporozhtsiv, 2023
  • Memorial Award «Glory to heroes - glory to volunteers», 2023
  • Gratitude of the Maryinsky city military administration of the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region, 2023
  • Title «Honored employee of the KNEU named after V. Hetman», 2022
  • Gratitude of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2019
  • Gratitude of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, 2016
  • Gratitude certificate (2021), Gratitude of the KNEU named after V. Hetman (2008, 2012, 2013)

Development Courses and Programmes

  1. State Higher Educational Institution «Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman», Institute of Postgraduate Education, certificate № 12СС 02070884 / 070290-21, «Language Brand of a Modern Professional» dated 06/24/2021, 4 credits (120 hours)
  2. KURO Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. International internship on the topic «Informal Creativity», October 20-28, 2021, certificate without number, 2 credits (60 hours)
  3. Digital Development Academy, «Google Digital Tools for Education», certificate without number dated 08/08/2022, 1 credit (30 hours)
  4. Foundation for the Promotion of Democracy, «School of Blogger in Wartime», certificate No. bc069 dated 10/15/2022, 1.8 credits (54 hours)
  5. IT STEP ACADEMY together with UnicornSchool, «School of Pedagogical Design», certificate without number, December 12-30, 2022, 1 credit (30 hours)
  6. Genesis, certificate № 132/02-2023 «Creation and development of IT products», February 13-24, 2023, 2 credits (60 hours)
  7. BritishCouncil, Poland. Certificate of knowledge of a foreign language at level B2: First Certificate in English Council of Europe Level B2. Certificate Number 23041774707, April, 17, 2023
  8. Progressive NGO Advanced Training Courses – «Progressive Teaching: Components of the Higher Education Quality System» 30 hours / 1 ECTS credit (March 15 – April 19, 2023), Certificate No. PV 0946 dated May 1, 2023
  9. Anatoly Poruchnik Educational and Scientific Institute of Business Education, KNEU, Certificate of Advanced Training under the program «Formation of 21st Century Competencies in Students» dated April 29, 2023. No. 0587, 120 hours (4 credits)
  10. Progressive NGO Advanced Training Courses – «Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Education» 30 hours / 1 ECTS credit (November 7–23, 2023), Certificate No. SHI-1619
  11. Anatoly Poruchnik Educational and Scientific Institute of Business Education, KNEU, Certificate of Advanced Training under the program «Distance Technologies in the Educational Space of the University» dated December 6, 2023. No. 1183 (6 credits, 180 hours)
  12. International online internship under the DAAD DIES project program «Female Leadership in Academia and Management in Germany and Ukraine» under the program «Gender Awareness Raising in Academia»University of Konstanz, Germany, 120 hours (4 ECTS credits) (October 2020 - October 2023)
  13. International scientific and pedagogical internship, University of Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany) from 10.01.2024 to 10.02.2024. in the amount of 6 credits (180 hours)
  14. Online Law School – «Protection of rights in the European Court of Human Rights», 30 hours / 1 ECTS credit, 02.12.2024, № 10007
  15. Online School «The Right to Access to Justice: EU Best Practices and Challenges for Ukraine», April 04-25, 2025, 30 hours / 1 ECTS credit, № J4U/OS25/115
  16. Anatoly Poruchnik Educational and Scientific Institute of Business Education, KNEU, Certificate of Advanced Training under the «Accreditation Coaching» program dated May 27, 2025. № 000671 (6 credits, 180 hours)
  17. Digital Development Academy, distance learning course «AI Academy for Educators from Google» from 04/07/2025 to 05/18/2025 in the amount of 30 academic hours / 1 ECTS credit, certificate № AIAFEBGC1-483